Scientists have developed a drone-based counting method that corrected major errors in traditional wildlife surveys. Researchers from the University of Florida have created a more precise method for ...

About 70% of turtles' attempts to nest were thwarted on a touristy half-mile stretch of Vero Beach since June 1.

A 77-year-old Vermont man attempting to rescue a gopher tortoise from I-95 in Indian River County, Florida was fatally struck by a pickup truck.

The story details how explosive development is causing over 10,000 gopher tortoise relocations a year, which is not good for them or the animals that rely on their burrows.

Gopher tortoise burrows can be more than 20 feet long, according to Meylan, providing critical shelter not just for the tortoises but also for hundreds of other animals that depend on them to ...

Gopher tortoise burrows can be more than 20 feet long, according to Meylan, providing critical shelter not just for the tortoises but also for hundreds of other animals that depend on them to ...

Gopher tortoise relocations spike amid development boom, but Florida running out of room Will Indian River County let developers build Ridge Top neighborhood atop 600 gopher tortoise burrows in ...

Gopher tortoise relocations spike amid development boom, but Florida running out of room Will Indian River County let developers build Ridge Top neighborhood atop 600 gopher tortoise burrows in ...

Ashley Santoro, Florida International University alum and former university Gopher Tortoise Monitoring Program member, shared her expertise with commissioners regarding the importance of the ...